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Eggless Dates Bread Recipe

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My little boy is very fond of bread and jam. So, I had been thinking of baking a bread at home for a long time. So, finally I baked this bread and it was amazing. Nothing can beat the taste and aroma of a home-baked bread and once you start baking a bread at home, you will never feel like buying a store-bought bread. This bread is soft, delicious and perfect for your morning breakfast. My boy really enjoyed it and when your children are happy, you are happy 🙂
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Recipe adapted from here

Ingredients:

All purpose flour – 2 cups
Instant dry yeast – 1 + 1/2 tsp
Chopped pitted dates – 1/2 cup
Unsalted butter – 2 tbsp
Brown sugar – 2 tbsp
Salt – 3/4 tsp
Hot milk – 1/2 cup
Cooking spray or oil to grease the pan – 1 tsp

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Method:

1) Combine dates, butter, brown sugar, salt and hot milk in a bowl.  Stir to dissolve the sugar. Let mixture cool to lukewarm.
2) Add in flour and yeast powder in a mixing bowl and mix it well. make a well in between and pour the lukewarm milk-sugar mixture and start kneading into soft dough.

 

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3) Flour lightly your working board or kitchen platform and knead by hand for about 7-8 minutes.

 

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4) Transfer the dough onto a greased bowl and cover it. Keep it in a warm place for 1+1/2 to 2 hours. I placed it inside my oven itself.

5) The dough would have risen and doubled by size. Punch the dough down and knead it and shape into a loaf shape and slide into greased loaf pan. Let it sit for 45 minutes so that the dough rises again.

 

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6) Towards the end of raising time, preheat oven  at 180 degree Celsius.

Bake for 25-30 minutes at the same temperature until golden brown. Let it cool down and transfer onto rack to cool down completely.

Tips: I have used Instant dry yeast. Always test the yeast before. Add 1 tsp yeast in little lukewarm water and 1 tsp sugar and mix it. Leave it aside for 5 minutes. You will see it frothing or bubbles on top if the yeast is active. If it doesn’t froth, that means the yeast is not active and you cannot use it.

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Comments

  7. Magical Mystical MiMi says

    You had me at dates! I love any kind of bread with dates in it. I'm bookmarking this page because I see many loaves of this bread being baked up here on the mountain. It sounds and looks delicious. Thanks for sharing! – Stopping by from "COBS." – Happy Wednesday!

  8. April says

    Looks like a yummy bread, I have never tried a date bread before. I love baking breads though so I will have to try this 🙂

  13. Danielle G says

    Its true. Home made bread (especially for your children) is fantastic. Its such a heart warming experience. I love to have my son get his fingers in the dough, help me round it out, and braid it (since we make Challah). Besides it tasting amazing, its such a great bonding experience. Thank you Priya, for reminding us of how cooking gives us another gateway of how to love each other in a deeper way.

  15. Victoria Brown says

    This looks great! Ive always wanted to try to make bread but i end up too scared that its going to come out wrong. This seems like a pretty good recipe to try!

  22. Rama Ananth says

    I will try it, for i am a vegetarian, and lately I am drawn towards veganism, and was wondering what i can add instead of milk, maybe soya milk would do the trick. What do you say?
    And how about some whole wheat flour instead of regular flour?

    • priyakitchenette says

      You can add soya milk instead of milk though I have never tried with soya milk. Wheat flour breads proportions will vary and you will need to add more milk and butter if you decide to bake with wheat flour.

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